Dispensing apparatus.



C. 0. DIETSCH L T. KURRELL. DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION HLED APR. 24, 1911.

l,OO 5,519. Patented Got. 10, 1911.

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DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 1911.

Patented 001;. 10, 1911.

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CURT 0. DIETSCH AND THEODOR KURRELL-XOF LOS ANGELES, v(IAIIIJIFORN.IA.

DISPENSING .APBARAIUS.

A do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the .art to Which it yappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to dispensing apparatus, and it may be said to consist in the 'provision of the novel features and 1n the novel and improved construction, arrangement and combination of the parts and devices therein, as Will be apparent from the description and claims hereinafter.

One object of the invention is to provide apparatus of the class specified' which may be actuated by foot to thereby leave the hands of the operator free to receive the substance dispensed by the apparatus and to ratus by thel hands of the operator.

Further objects of the invention are to provide apparatus of the class specified Which is practical and serviceable, simple in construction7 economical to' use, attractive in appearance, easy to operate, and effective in action.

Othe'r objects and the advantages of the invent-ion Awill be apparent to those skilled in the art' from aconsideration of the following. descriptionoi' the preferred form of construction in which the ,invention may be embodied taken .in connection With the accompanying drawings, in Whicl Figure 1 is a partly broken perspectiveview of apparatus having the invention applied-thereto :v Fig. 2is a vieT of the underside of the container support and parts mounted thereon, the sliding cover being in closed position; Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of Figl 2 but showing the sliding cover in open position; Fig. 4 is a plan vieW of a portion of the operating mechanism, and Fig. 5 is a partly broken elevation of the same; and Fig. 6 is a partly broken side elevational view` of the base and treadle and parts mounted thereon.

While the apparatus is adapted for usev 'to dispense any liquid o1 semi-liquid sub- Specification of -letters Patent.

stance, it is more particularly designed to dispense liquid soap for use by surgeons in operating rooms of hospitals or the like. The container 2 for the liquid soap may consist of a glass jar 3 provided with a removable cover -1 and it may be mounted on a suitable support 5 to have the opening 6 in the bottom thereof in registry with an open-` ing extending through the support. rlhe support 5 may be carried by a bracket 7 having lioles 8 therein whereby it is adapted to be secured in position on a Wall by means of screws (not shown) passed through the holes and into the Walls, as will be understood.- )n the underside 0f the support 5 may be secured a part 9 provided with a guideWa-y 10 therein in which is slidably mounted'a plate 11 .adjacentl to the opening 6, the plate 11 being pressed upwardly against said support by a. suitable spring 12. A suitable spring 18 may be arranged to Patented oet; yio ioii. l Appi'icafioiiied api-i1 24, 1911. serial No. 623,117.

press against the projection 14ron the plate v 11 to move the latter to cover the opening 6.

For the sake of convenience and to avoid soiling the apparatus by the hands ofthe. user, foot operated mechanism 15 is preferably employed to move the plate 11 to uncover the opening to permit a small amount of the liquid soap or the like to pass from the opening 6 to be received on the hands of the user. The mechanism 15 may consist of a base 16 arranged below the support 5, a t-readle 17 hingedly connected with the base and pressed upwardly by a suitable spring 18 and provided With a slot 29, a member 19 disposed adjacent to a projection 21 on the plate 11 and preferably provided `as shown with a plurality .of cams 20, a

shaft 22 passing through the slot 29 andl also through a slot 23 in the plate l1 and having the cam member 19 aiiXed-to the squared portion- 24 near the upper end thereof-the upper end portion 25 of the shaft bearing in a socket 26 in the support 5 and the lower end portion 27 of the shaft bearing in a socket 28 in the base 16, and coacting mechanism 32' on the t'readle 17 and shaft 22 for rotating the shaft 22 when the.

treadle is depressed by the footof the'user of the apparatus. As shown, the mechanism l32 may consist of a link 33 having one end thereof pivot-ally mounted in. a bracket 34 on the underside of the treadle 17 and provided at its other end with an offset portion-85 adapted to bear against one of a plurality of projections 36 on the disk 37 which is secured to shaft 22 and preferably rests on the base 16.

A bearing 38 carried by yoke 89 on part 9 may be provided for the upper portion of the shaft 22; also to limit the downward movement of treadle 17 an abutment 30 may be provided on the base 16, and, to-limit the upward movement of the treadle, link 31 provided with a hinge joint 41 and having one end thereof pivotally connected with the treadle and the other end thereof pivotally connected with the base 16, may be employed. a

Withthe construction as above described it. will readily be understood that the parts are normally disposed to have lthe plate 11 cover the opening 6 as shown in Fig. 2, and

that when the treadle 17 is depressed the voffset 35 of the link 33 will engage with one of the projections 36 of the disk 37 and thereby the diskl 37 will be moved to rotate shaft 22 to cause the cam 20 adjacent to projection 21 to move against the latter and thereby move the plate 11 against the pressure of the spring 13 to uncover the opening 6 (see Fig. 3) it being seen that as soon as the projection 21 passes the end of the cam, the projection 21 moves along the radial face 42 of the cam and the spring 13 acts to move the plate 11 to quickly cover the opening 6. It will be apparent that the amount of material dropped through the opening 6 may be controlled by the user by regulating the time taken to fully depress the treadle. It will be understood that upon release of the treadle after depression it is moved upwardly by the spring 18 and the link 33 is moved upwardly and forwardly to bring the offset portion 35 thereof to a position immediately forwardly of another of the projections 36 on disk 37.

While one form of construction in which the invention may be embodied has been illustrated and described, there are many changes and modifications thereof that will readily occur to those skilled in the art, and the right is therefore reserved to all such changes and modifications as do not depart from the spirit and scope of theinvention as set forth in the appended claims.

We claim:

1. The combination of a container having an opening therethrough, a spring-pressed cover -plate movably mounted adjacent to said opening, a base, a shaft rotativcly mounted on said base, a cam member on said shaft adapted tomove said plate to uncover said opening, a treadle, and co-acting means on said treadle and said shaft for rotating the shaft to actuate 'said cam member when the treadle iswoperated.

2. The combination with a container having an opening therethrough, a slidably mounted plate arranged adjacent to said opening, a. spring adapted t-o move said plate to cover said opening, a base, a shaft rotatively mounted on said base, a member on said shaft provided with a lplurality of cams adapted to co-act with said plate to move the plate to uncover said opening, a treadle', and co-acting means on said treadle and said shaft-'for rotating the shaft to aetuatesaid cam member when the treadle is operated.

3. The combination of a support, a container on the support, said container having an opening therethrough, a spring-pressed plate slidably mounted on said support adjacent to said opening, a base, ashaft eX- tending between said base and said support, a cam member on said shaft adapted to move said plate to uncover said opening, a treadle, and co-acting means on said treadle and said shaft for rotating the shaft to actuate said cam member when the treadle is operated.

4. The combination of a container having an opening therethrough, a spring pressed cover movably mounted adjacent to said opening, ay base, a shaft rotatively mounted on said base, a cam member on said shaft adapted to move saidplate to'uncover said opening` a treadle, a part on said shaft provided with projections thereon, and a link pivotally mounted on said treadle and adapted to engage with said projections to rotate said shaft when said treadle is operated, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a support, a container on the support, said support and container having an opening therethrough, a plate slidably mounted on said support adjacent to said opening, a spring adapted to move said plate to cover said opening, a base, a shaft extending between said base and said support, a cam member on said shaft adapted to move said plate to uncover said. opening, a spring-pressed` treadle, a part on said shaft provided with projections thereon. and a link pivotally mounted on said treadle angl adapted to engage with said projections to rotate said shaft to ac-` CURT O. DIETSCH. THEODOR KURRELL.`

Witnesses ALEX. H. LIDDERS, WM. HANLON. 

